The Indus Valley Civilization
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- Introduction to Mohenjo-Daro
- Welcome to Mohenjo-Daro. My name is Farotyuo and I will be your tour guide through our unique city.
- We were one of the main cities in the Indus River Valley Civilization. The Indus River Valley Civilization last from 1900 BC to 1700 BC.
- Our houses were made out of mud bricks. Mud bricks were mud the was made into a block and then put in some sort if furnace.
- Homes
- We had some of the shortest work commutes of any ancient civilization because we had work shops in our homes. This also made our homes very cramped.
- Another fact about our homes is that during some nights it was much cooler on our roofs rather than our homes. So we would go and lounge or sleep up there for the cooler environment
- Toilets, Shower Rooms, and Sanitation
- We had shower rooms where we would dump water buckets on our bodies. These were also connected to the drains in the streets.
- We used toilets that we connected to drains to discard of our waste.
- Here are the pipes. This is where all of the cities waste goes.
- Great Bath and Religious Purification
- Religion played a big role in society.
- The Great Bath was a place of religious rituals.
- Use of Seals
- Seal were a piece of paper to show ownership or that someone has paid their taxes.
- The words on the seals were normally made with shapes and animals.
- Distant Trade and Trade Products
- The trader of our city would bring the materials workers needed and took away finished good to trade elsewhere.
- To get our items, we would either by boat, on our backs, or on a cart pulled by oxen.
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